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United States Information Agency Authorization Act

United States Information Agency Authorization Act

Act Details

United States Information Agency Authorization Act was, as a bill, a proposal (now, a piece of legislation) introduced on 1976-01-29 in the House of Commons and Senate respectively of the 94 United States Congress by Wayne Levere Hays in relation with: Appropriations, Government operations and politics, United States Information Agency.

United States Information Agency Authorization Act became law (1) in the United States on 1976-04-21

It was referred to the following Committee(s): (2)

House International Relations (HSFA)
Senate Foreign Relations (SSFR)

Wayne Levere Hays, member of the US congress
Wayne Levere Hays, Democrat, Representative from Ohio, district 18

The proposal had the following cosponsors:

Donald Holst Clausen, Republican, Representative, from California, district 2
Abraham Kazen, Democrat, Representative, from Texas, district 23
Manuel Lujan, Representative, from New Mexico, district 1
Jerry Lyle Pettis, Republican, Representative, from California, district 37
Harold Lowell Runnels, Democrat, Representative, from New Mexico, district 2
Paul Efthemios Tsongas, Democrat, Senator, from Massachusetts
James Howard Weaver, Democrat, Representative, from Oregon, district 4

Act Overview

Text of the United States Information Agency Authorization Act

Authorizes the appropriation of $331687000 for the United States Information Agency to carry out international informational activities and programs under the United States Information and Educational Exchange Act of 1948 the Mutual Educational and Cultural Exchange Act of 1961 and the Reorganization Plan Numbered 8 of 1953.

Act Notes

  • [Note 1] An Act (like United States Information Agency Authorization Act) or a resolution cannot become a law in the United States until it has been approved (passed) in identical form by both the House of Representatives and the Senate, as well as signed by the President (but see (5)). If the two bodys of the Congress versions of an Act are not identical, one of the bodies might decide to take a further vote to adopt the bill (see more about the Congress process here). An Act may be pass in identical form with or without amendments and with or without conference. (see more about Enrollment).
  • [Note 2] Proposals are referred to committees for preliminary consideration, then debated, amended, and passed (or rejected) by the full House or Senate. To prevent endless shuttling of bills between the House and Senate, bills like United States Information Agency Authorization Act are referred to joint committees made up of members of both houses.
  • [Note 3] For more information regarding this legislative proposal, go to THOMAS, select “Bill Number,” search on (United States Information Agency Authorization Act)
  • [Note 4] A bill to authorize appropriations for the U.S. Information Agency for fiscal year 1976 and for the period July 1, 1976, through September 30, 1976. The current official title of a bill is always present, assigned at introduction (for example, in this case, on 1976-01-29) and can be revised any time. This type of titles are sentences.
  • [Note 5] The Act is referred to the appropriate committee by the Speaker of any of the two Houses. Bills are placed on the calendar of the committee to which they have been assigned. See Assignment Process.
  • [Note 6] Regarding exceptions to President´s approval, a bill that is not signed (returned unsigned) by the President can still become law if at lest two thirds of each of the two bodys of the Congress votes to pass it, which is an infrequent case. See also Presidential Veto.
  • [Note 7] Legislative Proposal types can be: hr, hres, hjres, hconres, s, sres, sjres, sconres. A bill originating in the Senate is designated by the letter “S”, and a bill originating from the House of Representatives begins with “H.R.”, followed, in both cases, by its individual number which it retains throughout all its parliamentary process.
  • [Note 8] For information regarding related bill/s to United States Information Agency Authorization Act, go to THOMAS.

Analysis

No analysis (criticism, advocacy, etc.) about United States Information Agency Authorization Act submitted yet.

Appropriations
Government operations and politics
United States Information Agency

Further Reading

  • “How our laws are made”, Edward F Willett; Jack Brooks, Washington, U.S. G.P.O.
  • “To make all laws : the Congress of the United States, 1789-1989”, James H Hutson- Washington, Library of Congress.
  • “Bills introduced and laws enacted: selected legislative statistics, 1947-1990”, Rozanne M Barry; Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service.

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  3. United States Information Agency Authorization Act, Fiscal Year 1976
  4. United States Information Agency Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 1982 And 1983
  5. United States Information Agency Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 1984 And 1985
  6. To provide for the distribution within the United States of the United States Information Agency film entitled "Fragile Ring of Life"
  7. An Act to extend until the close of 1983 the period in which appropriations are authorized to be appropriated for the acquisition of wetlands, and to increase the maximum amount of such authorization, and for other purposes
  8. An Act to amend title 39, United States Code, to apply to the United States Postal Service certain provisions of law providing for Federal agency safety programs and responsibilities, to provide for cost-of-living adjustments of Federal executive salaries, and for other purposes
  9. An Act to provide authorization of appropriations for the United States International Trade Commission for fiscal year 1979
  10. To provide for the distribution within the United States of certain materials prepared by the United States Information Agency
  11. An Act to authorize the release to museums in the United States of certain objects owned by the United States Information Agency
  12. To authorize distribution within the United States of the United States Information Agency film entitled "A Tribute to Mickey Leland"
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  14. Departments Of State, Justice, And Commerce And The United States Information Agency Appropriation Act, 1955
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  17. An Act to declare that certain land of the United States is held by the United States in trust for the Pueblo of Laguna
  18. To amend the United States Information and Educational Exchange Act of 1948, the Foreign Service Act of 1980, and other provisions of law to make certain changes in administrative authorities
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